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Alberta’s health-care problems decades in the making

(7 days ago) About one in four Albertans are without a dedicated primary care doctor, according to an October report from the Nurse Practitioner Association of Alberta (NPAA). NPAA had advocated to act as primary care doctors, but factors that include the primary care network model prevents them from doing so. The Alberta … See more

https://globalnews.ca/news/9298845/albertas-health-care-problems-decades-old/

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Alberta to dismantle current patient-care model, create new health

(7 days ago) WEBAlberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks about health-care reforms during a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday November 8, 2023. (Jason Franson/The …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-health-care-changes-1.7022133

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Nurses, doctors call on Alberta government to back down from …

(7 days ago) WEBThere are growing calls for the Alberta government to put the brakes on its plan to gut Alberta Health Services and restructure health-care delivery in the …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/nurses-doctors-alberta-health-care-restructuring-1.7024460

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Why 192 doctors just said Alberta’s health system is in crisis

(8 days ago) WEBBy Omar Mosleh Staff Reporter. EDMONTON—Nearly 200 Alberta doctors have gone public to warn that their province’s health-care system is in crisis. The …

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/why-192-doctors-just-said-alberta-s-health-system-is-in-crisis/article_d8e0dfbd-e025-5a61-8952-976c47b4d41d.html

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Establishing the future of Alberta health care Alberta.ca

(9 days ago) WEBIf passed, the Health Statutes Amendment Act will enable Recovery Alberta, the Mental Health and Addiction provincial health agency, to begin operating this summer. The …

https://www.alberta.ca/establishing-the-future-of-alberta-health-care

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Alberta's government introduces bill to begin sweeping revamp of …

(5 days ago) WEBEDMONTON — The Alberta government is introducing legislation to begin bringing a completely restructured health-care system to life. A bill proposed Tuesday outlines …

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/other/albertas-government-introduces-bill-to-begin-sweeping-revamp-of-health-care-services/ar-BB1molNT

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Alberta 2023: Health System Challenges and Opportunities

(9 days ago) WEBResearchers at the Centre for Health Policy, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, have authored a series of issue briefs to inform Albertans about major health policy …

https://obrieniph.ucalgary.ca/centre/health-policy/publications/Alberta-2023-health-system-challenges-and-opportunities

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Health minister introduces bill to split up Alberta Health Services

(7 days ago) WEBSweeping changes to come for Alberta's health-care system in 2024; AHS staff face job terminations and transfer offers in midst of health-care overhaul; If the bill …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/health-minister-introduces-bill-to-split-up-alberta-health-services-1.7204257

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Alberta’s health care system struggling with overflowing hospitals

(1 days ago) WEBJeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press. Alberta’s health care system is being crushed by demand for its services, according to physicians across the province, with …

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-albertas-health-care-system-struggling-with-overflowing-hospitals/

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Provincial health-care system in danger of collapse: Alberta doctors

(5 days ago) WEBAccording to the latest Alberta Health Services data, intensive-care units in provincial hospitals are at 95 per cent capacity with 219 patients, while the number of …

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/provincial-health-care-system-in-danger-of-collapse-alberta-doctors-1.6683041

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Why the AMA wants Alberta to declare a health-care crisis CTV …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Alberta Medical Association ( AMA) is calling on the province to acknowledge the backlogs and challenges frontline workers are facing by declaring a …

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/ama-calls-on-alberta-to-declare-health-care-crisis-as-surgery-er-and-ambulance-wait-times-increase-1.6718207

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Refocusing health care in Alberta Alberta.ca

(6 days ago) WEBThe Alberta Association of Nurses is highly supportive of the bold steps the Government of Alberta is taking to refocus the health care system. These changes will help create …

https://www.alberta.ca/refocusing-health-care-in-alberta

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Despite high spending, Alberta’s health-care system is failing

(Just Now) WEBIn 2020, Canada had the eighth-most expensive universal health-care system in the world (out of 30 countries) on a per-person basis and the highest level of …

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/despite-high-spending-albertas-health-care-system-is-failing

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Sweeping changes to come for Alberta's health-care system in 2024

(Just Now) WEBPremier Danielle Smith is set to take scalpel and bone saw to Alberta's $17-billion health delivery system in 2024, while simultaneously scrambling to keep and find …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/danielle-smith-changes-health-delivery-system-2024-1.7071679

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Unhealthy reforms: The dangers of Alberta’s plan to further privatize

(3 days ago) WEBThe Alberta government recently passed legislation to increase the role of corporations in the health-care system and facilitate the government’s goal of having 30 …

https://theconversation.com/unhealthy-reforms-the-dangers-of-albertas-plan-to-further-privatize-health-care-delivery-144443

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Alberta health care near breaking point, doctors say CTV News

(Just Now) WEBThe letter goes on to say the problem has three underlying causes: a lack of access to family doctors; a lack of hospital beds; and health-care labour shortages. …

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/emergency-room-doctors-pen-letter-outlining-health-care-crisis-in-alberta-1.6411251

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Proposed changes to the system leaves Alberta’s health-care …

(6 days ago) WEBThose are the words that Alberta’s health-care professionals are using to describe what is happening to Alberta’s health-care system. But the province says …

https://healthydebate.ca/alberta-health-care-leadership/

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Who will handle what with public health in Alberta?

(9 days ago) WEBAdriana LaGrange, Minister of Health for Alberta, makes a health care announcement in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. A doctors' group says …

https://calgary.citynews.ca/2024/05/16/who-will-handle-what-with-public-health/

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UCP, NDP offer competing visions to fix Alberta's health-care …

(9 days ago) WEBAlberta health care system under strain over the last few years. Many issues were related to COVID-19, Notley said, but Alberta’s problems have been …

https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/alberta-election-health-care-top-issues

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Record-high health spending in Alberta budget doesn't solve main …

(Just Now) WEBDoctors and workers unions in Alberta say record-high health spending in Budget 2023 doesn’t solve the big issues plaguing the health-care system — especially …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/health-spending-budget-reaction-1.6763799

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Resolve health care service concerns in the health system - Alberta

(Just Now) WEBGovernment-sponsored supplementary benefit plans. For questions or concerns about the Alberta government-sponsored supplementary health plans contact Alberta Blue …

https://www.alberta.ca/resolve-health-care-service-concerns-in-the-health-system

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myhealthrecords - MyHealth.Alberta.ca

(3 days ago) WEBRequest updates to your Connect Care health record, such as changes to your allergies, medications or current health problems ; Find out about research studies that may …

https://myhealth.alberta.ca/myhealthrecords

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This new map shows the extent of Alberta's rural health-care …

(5 days ago) WEBIssues like these led the Alberta government to undertake the review of rural health care nearly a decade ago, according to the man who oversaw the process. …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-rural-health-care-hospital-closures-service-reductions-map-1.6920460

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Alberta spends less per person on health care CTV News

(Just Now) WEBA new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows Alberta will spend an estimated $38.7 billion on health care in 2022. The spending …

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-slightly-below-national-average-in-health-care-spending-1.6137158

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